page_title: List of defunct railway companies in Japan
section_title:  Hokkaidō
hierarchical_section_title: List of defunct railway companies in Japan /  Hokkaidō
caption_attribution_description: English: Sangen Bridge, an abandoned bridge of Ōyūbari Forest Railway. 日本語: 三弦橋 北海道夕張市
context_page_description: List of defunct railway companies in Japan lists defunct Japanese railway operators. The list includes all types of railways, such as handcars, horsecars, trams, light railways, heavy rails, freight rails, industrial railways, monorails, new transit systems, or funiculars. Some companies are still active in other businesses, such as bus operation. Translated names might be tentative. "Former names" include those of preceding operators not directly related to their successors.
  The list omits these types of operators:
  Type 1: Direct predecessor of surviving railway operator.
  Type 2: Operator with lines largely succeeded by surviving railway operator.
  Type 3: Operator that was merged by surviving railway operator, Type 1, or Type 2.
  Type 4: Planned line that was never built.
context_section_description: Abashiri Kōtsū 網走交通
  Formerly called Higashi-Mokoto Transportation 東藻琴交通. Still active in bus and other businesses.
  Asahikawa City Tramway 旭川市街軌道
  Asahikawa Electric Tramway 旭川電気軌道
  Ashibetsu Forest Railway 芦別森林鉄道 (Industrial railway)
  Bekkai Municipal Tramway 別海村営軌道
  Bifuka Municipal Tramway 美深町営軌道
  Ebetsu Municipal Handcar Tramway 江別町営人車軌道
  Forest Railway in Mikasa (Operator name unknown) 森林鉄道 (Industrial railway)
  Garuishi Tramway 軽石軌道
  Haboro Colliery Railway 羽幌炭礦鉄道
  Haboro Forest Railway 羽幌森林鉄道 (Industrial railway)
  Hamanaka Municipal Tramway 浜中町営軌道
  Hayakita Railway 早来鉄道
  Formerly called Hayakita Tramway 早来軌道. Still active as Atsuma Bus あつまバス, a bus operator.
  Hokkaidō Chihoku Kōgen Railway 北海道ちほく高原鉄道
  Hokkaidō Colliery and Steamship 北海道炭礦汽船
  Formerly called Yūbari Railway 夕張鉄道. Hokkaidō Colliery and Steamship is still active as a chemical importer. Yūbari Railway is still active as a bus operator.
  Hokkaidō Takushoku Railway 北海道拓殖鉄道
  Still active as a truck company.
  Horonobe Municipal Tramway 幌延町営軌道
  Iwanai Horsecar 岩内馬車鉄道
  Jōzankei Forest Railway 定山渓森林鉄道 (Industrial railway)
  Jōzankei Railway 定山渓鉄道
  Still active as Jōtetsu じょうてつ, a bus operator.
  Kakuta Coal Mine Industrial Railway 角田炭礦専用鉄道 (Industrial railway)
  Kamikawa Horsecar 上川馬車鉄道
  Kayanuma Colliery Tramway 茅沼炭鉱軌道
  Opened in 1869, presumed to be the oldest railway in Japan.
  Kitami Railway 北見鉄道
  Kōtō Tramway 江当軌道
  Kushiro Development Pier 釧路開発埠頭
  Former names include Hokkaidō Colliery Railway 北海道炭礦鉄道, Yūbetsu Colliery Railway 雄別炭礦鉄道, Yūbetsu Railway 雄別鉄道, and Yūbetsu Coal Mine 雄別炭礦.
  Kushiro Railway 釧路鉄道
  Maruseppu Forest Railway 丸瀬布森林鉄道 (Industrial railway)
  Mitsubishi Coal Mining 三菱石炭鉱業
  Former names include Ōyūbari Coal Mine 大夕張炭礦, Bibai Railway 美唄鉄道, Mitsubishi Mining 三菱鉱業, and Mitsubishi Ōyūbari Coal Mine 三菱大夕張炭礦. Mitsubishi Mining was later merged into Mitsubishi Material 三菱マテリアル.
  Mitsui Ashibetsu Railway 三井芦別鉄道
  Mitsui Mining 三井鉱山
  Still active in its main business.
  Nemuro Takushoku Railway 根室拓殖鉄道
  Nippon Soda 日本曹達 (Industrial railway)
  Still active in its main business as a chemical company.
  Noboribetsu Onsen Tramway 登別温泉軌道
  Oketo Forest Railway 置戸森林鉄道 (Industrial railway)
  Onneyu Forest Railway 温根湯森林鉄道 (Industrial railway)
  Ōnuma Electric Railway 大沼電鉄
  Ōyūbari Forest Office 大夕張営林署 (Industrial railway)
  Rumoi Railway 留萠鉄道
  Sapporo Suburban Electric Tramway 札幌郊外電気軌道
  Formerly called Sapporo Onsen Electric Tramway 札幌温泉電気軌道.
  Sapporo Tramway 札幌軌道
  Saru Railway 沙流鉄道
  Shibecha Municipal Tramway 標茶町営軌道
  Shibetsu Tramway 士別軌道
  Still active as a bus operator.
  Suttsu Railway 寿都鉄道
  Teshio Colliery Railway 天塩炭砿鉄道
  Still active as Tentesu Bus てんてつバス, a bus operator.
  Tōbetsu Municipal Tramway 当別町営軌道
  Tomakomai Port Development 苫小牧港開発
  Still active as a developer.
  Tōyako Electric Railway 洞爺湖電気鉄道
  Tsurui Municipal Tramway 鶴居村営軌道
  Utanobori Municipal Tramway 歌登町営軌道
  Yoichi Rinkō Tramway 余市臨港軌道
  Yūbetsu Tramway 湧別軌道
caption: Abandoned bridge of Ōyūbari Forest Railway.
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